To protect middle-income taxpayers from a national energy tax.

SA 910. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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SEC.__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT IMPOSES A
NATIONAL ENERGY TAX ON MIDDLE-INCOME TAXPAYERS.

(a) In General.--After a concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to, it shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, resolution, amendment between Houses,
motion, or conference report that includes a National energy
tax increase which would have widespread applicability on
middle-income taxpayers.
(b) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(1) Middle income taxpayers.--The term ``middle-income''
taxpayers means single individuals with $200,000 or less in
adjusted gross income (as defined in section 62 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and married couples filing
jointly with $250,000 or less in adjusted gross income (as so
defined).
(2) Widespread applicability.--The term ``widespread
applicability'' includes the definition with respect to
individual income taxpayers in section 4022(b)(1) of the
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of
1998.
(3) National energy tax increase.--The term ``National
energy tax increase'' means any legislation that the
Congressional Budget Office would score as leading to an
increase in the costs of producing, generating or consuming
energy.
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